Old Flame

I recently got back in touch with an old flame. I had looked for him off & on over the last few years. Unless you're searching for someone with a name like Engelbert Humperdink, it can be very difficult to locate someone with whom you've lost touch. Since I would never date someone named Engelbert (much less Humperdink), I had some trouble. Also, I didn't know if he had moved away from the area in which we grew up, but that's where I concentrated my search.

Each time I renewed my search, I found several people with the same name. That's not really a help. But this time, I found a link to Facebook and voila! That was better, because then I could verify (through Facebook photo) that I had the right guy.

Now, I'm not on "the Facebook" as I like to call it when I'm feeling like a fogey. In general, I like to keep my web-print small and light. And I didn't join the Facebook just to contact Old Flame either. But, I was led to Linked In and I did join it; it appears to be a more business networking site. (I haven't included much in my profile however. I guess I'm not sure the phrenology community is into this kind of thing.) Whatever - it got me an email address so I took the plunge. I wrote to O.F. and got a lovely reply very quickly. He sent me a picture of himself + sibs + wife which was cool. Also, Rake asked me if this is the one she told me looked like a hillbilly. (It's not.) I told her no, this is the preppy one, though I'm not sure preppy has the same meaning as it did in the 80's. (OK, I don't think they even say "preppy" anymore.)

Now the anxiety of reciprocating . . .

I'd like to send a shot of the kids (they're usually photogenic) with me hiding in the background. So, I'm off to look in the files I can access to see if I can find some decent pics.

Whadda you think? Have you reconnected with someone via the interweb?